That’s what Ed Spinkler gets for founding the company, mortgaging everything he had to get it going, working day and night to make it successful, and sacrificing his family time to keep it going.
It’s actually a blessing! Since robots are doing all the work and production, and since they don’t need anything to eat or anywhere special to live, then all the products will practically free! Ed Spinkler no longer HAS to work to survive! Now he can get his intelligence augmented via implantation of a quantum nanobiological AI chip and help design the interstellar exploration ships!
Automation increases productive resources and the capacity to create new wealth. In an economic system where those productivity gains and increased leisure time are equitably distributed, automation can be a tremendous social good that benefits everyone with greater wealth and more free time to enjoy it in.
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But for this to occur successfully, some public policy administration is needed. When concentrated in the hands of a very few very rich elitists in an unregulated capital market, it is automation that further concentrates and cements their economic and political power, exponentially increases inequality and the wealth gap and, ultimately, this is where the struggle for greater income equality must receive greater attention.
Farside99 over 6 years ago
That’s what Ed Spinkler gets for founding the company, mortgaging everything he had to get it going, working day and night to make it successful, and sacrificing his family time to keep it going.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 6 years ago
Needs something other than Megatron for a name. Megatron feels heavily overused to me.
scpandich over 6 years ago
When you work for the leader of the Decepticons you have to expect this kind of thing.
Lenavid over 6 years ago
It’s actually a blessing! Since robots are doing all the work and production, and since they don’t need anything to eat or anywhere special to live, then all the products will practically free! Ed Spinkler no longer HAS to work to survive! Now he can get his intelligence augmented via implantation of a quantum nanobiological AI chip and help design the interstellar exploration ships!
Stevefk over 6 years ago
Danger, Ed Sprinkler, Danger! Warning, warning!
Less Monday... More Friday over 6 years ago
With a name like Sprinkler, maybe he should have turned one on.
jbduncan over 6 years ago
They always send someone in middle management to do the dirty work- now they can replace middle managers ,too!
William Bednar Premium Member over 6 years ago
Now I know who Trump’s next Communications Director will be.
wjones over 6 years ago
Someday only maintenance will have jobs.
paranormal over 6 years ago
I’ve heard it said that by the year 2050 that machines will become selfaware. I doubt I’ll be around to see it since I would be 94 then.
eb110americana over 6 years ago
Careful. A “Fired” could set off the Spinkler!
DD Wiz over 6 years ago
Automation increases productive resources and the capacity to create new wealth. In an economic system where those productivity gains and increased leisure time are equitably distributed, automation can be a tremendous social good that benefits everyone with greater wealth and more free time to enjoy it in.
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But for this to occur successfully, some public policy administration is needed. When concentrated in the hands of a very few very rich elitists in an unregulated capital market, it is automation that further concentrates and cements their economic and political power, exponentially increases inequality and the wealth gap and, ultimately, this is where the struggle for greater income equality must receive greater attention.